Why would the Oilers need a another 3rd pairing D, a small one at that, they need size at the back end, not just another warm body. Would rather wait to see what Peckham is like, he had a bad year due to his cheese burger diet. I also like Lennart Petrell, good at the PK and adds grit and size the Oilers need, pass.

As a fan of both teams, I wouldn't mind this deal... Clitsome is an upgrade over Potter for sure, whereas Petrell could be a replacement for / upgrade over Glass. I'd say it's more beneficial from an Oilers perspective though.

Pettell has more value to the oilers then Clitsome. Pattrell is a good ginding 3rd/4th liner. Clitsome(just realized I can not use the usual four first letter short form of his name) while being a good third pairing d-man the oilers have 5 players capible of playing third line d-minutes

After looking into this a little further, I cannot understand how the OP would consider Grant Clitsome a upgrade over Peckham. If anything it would be a massive downgrade, Clitsome may have a better offensive game, but that's it. Peckham may of had a bad year last year, but he was still better then Clitsome.

Grant isn't small, small... he's stocky small... 215 is pretty big at 5'11 and he can be physical. I doubt he'd be better than a #6/7 D though.

Petrell looks worse than Glass and I wasn't a very loud supporter of Glass. More offensive upside probably though since it was only Petrell's first season...
First year in the bigs makes me temper my thoughts on the outcomes but when every player that played significant minutes with you did worse corsi-wise or +/-wise with you than without... makes me scared of the guy

I don't like it for Edmonton, but only due to their defensive makeup. Andy Sutton was supposed to be the muscle on defence, but his career is likely over so they need some muscle to replace him. Peckham doesn't need to be very good (and he isn't), as long as he plays his role. He is of the skill level that he can be in and out of the lineup depending on the opponent and be ok with that, or at least accept that.

The only way Clitsome coming in would make any sense is if Potter went the other way, and that makes no sense for the Jets. It wouldn't accomplish anything and neither would the original proposal.

After looking into this a little further, I cannot understand how the OP would consider Grant Clitsome a upgrade over Peckham. If anything it would be a massive downgrade, Clitsome may have a better offensive game, but that's it. Peckham may of had a bad year last year, but he was still better then Clitsome.

As someone who watched around 40 Jets games last year and 80 Oilers games, I can tell you without a doubt, Clitty > Peckham. Maybe not the Peckham of 2010-11 (probably on par with), but definitely last year's Peckham. He's also infinitely better than Potter. This trade would actually make our defensive corps slightly better and improve our extremely poor depth at the position. Petrell might be an upgrade over Glass, but I imagine a lot of Jets fans want to see Machacek on the fourth line.

Pettell has more value to the oilers then Clitsome. Pattrell is a good ginding 3rd/4th liner. Clitsome(just realized I can not use the usual four first letter short form of his name) while being a good third pairing d-man the oilers have 5 players capible of playing third line d-minutes

Absolutely not. It seems to me the Oilers have better depth at the forward position than on defense.
Currently, our lineup looks like this:

Whitney - J. Schultz
Smid - Petry
N. Schultz - Peckham
Potter the extra D-man, with Teubert (who hasn't impressed at all in the AHL) knocking on the door.
Peckham, Potter and Teubert are garbage. And with an extremely injury prone Whitney, a currently injured Smid, the D-corps could be a disaster with our extremely poor depth.

So, in summary, I don't think you know what you're talking about here...

Whitney - J. Schultz
Smid - Petry
N. Schultz - Peckham
Potter the extra D-man, with Teubert (who hasn't impressed at all in the AHL) knocking on the door.
Peckham, Potter and Teubert are garbage. And with an extremely injury prone Whitney, a currently injured Smid, the D-corps could be a disaster with our extremely poor depth.

So, in summary, I don't think you know what you're talking about here...

Clitsome and Potter have very similar numbers, so I'm not sure how you can consider a huge upgrade.

Peckham doesn't play an offensive game, but he still has value as a bottom pairing, press box guy.

I don't see how he's much of an upgrade over what we currently have available for a bottom pairing role.

Clitsome and Potter have very similar numbers, so I'm not sure how you can consider a huge upgrade.

Peckham doesn't play an offensive game, but he still has value as a bottom pairing, press box guy.

I don't see how he's much of an upgrade over what we currently have available for a bottom pairing role.

Clitsome >> Potter in the D-zone. Clitty isn't a stalwart, but it's hard not to be better than Potter in that department. Keep in mind Clitsome doesn't play (or rarely plays) on the PP, which is where Potter probably got most of his points. He's also a better skater.
I'd also like to hold on to Peckham, as he can be a valuable asset if he reverts back to his 2010-11 form. Not many D-men were as bad as he was last year though.
You have to be blind not to realize that our defensive depth is pretty bad, compared to our offensive depth. I think the addition of Clitsome would be worth giving up Petrell for.

It's not like the loss of one decent (not great) PKer will impact the team's performance really. Smyth, Horcoff, Bélanger, even Eberle or Paajarvi can all PK pretty well.

Petrell is more valueable to the Oilers than Clit would be so no thanks, Petrell is also very good at killing penalties plus he has some size to him something we need. EDM is not going to trade for a bottom dman there are plenty of those guys around.

My gawd Oilers fans are stubborn it's ridiculous!
"Petrell is more valuable to the Oilers than Clitsome."
Wtf no he's not.. Look at where we have depth and where we don't... It's pretty obvious that our defense could be a disaster if we suit up two or three of Potter, Peckham and Teubert. Clitsome >> All of those.

My gawd Oilers fans are stubborn it's ridiculous!
"Petrell is more valuable to the Oilers than Clitsome."
Wtf no he's not.. Look at where we have depth and where we don't... It's pretty obvious that our defense could be a disaster if we suit up two or three of Potter, Peckham and Teubert. Clitsome >> All of those.

why give up a good pk'er for yet another bottom pairing d especially when the pk started to click for the 1st time in a long time? move a 3rd pairing d-men and a pick for a slightly better 3rd pairing d-men or just sign one of the numerous ones there are in fa each yr

My gawd Oilers fans are stubborn it's ridiculous!
"Petrell is more valuable to the Oilers than Clitsome."
Wtf no he's not.. Look at where we have depth and where we don't... It's pretty obvious that our defense could be a disaster if we suit up two or three of Potter, Peckham and Teubert. Clitsome >> All of those.

I really don't see how wanting to keep a good 4th line pk'er over a bottom pairing defenseman is ridiculous. The value of the trade is good, you can't blame people for wanting to keep one over the other. Likewise it's just fine if Jets fans would want to keep their offensive bottom pairing guy over our grinder fourth liner. You wag your finger at people too much on these boards in my opinion.

Grant isn't small, small... he's stocky small... 215 is pretty big at 5'11 and he can be physical. I doubt he'd be better than a #6/7 D though.

Petrell looks worse than Glass and I wasn't a very loud supporter of Glass. More offensive upside probably though since it was only Petrell's first season...
First year in the bigs makes me temper my thoughts on the outcomes but when every player that played significant minutes with you did worse corsi-wise or +/-wise with you than without... makes me scared of the guy

Petrell got saddled with the worst linemates on the team and was used as a defensive winger. He is a PK ace. I would caution against using stats to judge Petrell on as he really wasn't put in a position to succeed. Petrell is a 4th liner but he's a 4th liner who is physical, fights, can play up in the lineup, and is excellent on the PK.

Peckham is very underrated, he's got more potential than most on HF realize. Another PK ace he has the ability to be a Matt Greene type player who can double as an enforcer. People forget but Peckham is young and has had some very solid stretches of play. In his 1st season he played alot of the teams tough minutes with Gilbert and fared pretty well in doing so. I'd easily take Peckham over Clitsome. I think you are valuing Corsi far too much without considering things like the team Peckham played on or the role he played. Also things like his PK and enforcing abilities add a lot more to the equation than EV strength stats can account for. Peckham is very hard to play against and was a quality shutdown AHL defender, he's still developing.

All in all the deal is fair, and Clitsome certainly would be an upgrade over Potter, but i don't know if it helps Edmonton. Myself i would much rather see Eager moved over Petrell. And 3rd pairing small puck movers tend to be easily signed (Chris Campoli anyone).

I really don't see how wanting to keep a good 4th line pk'er over a bottom pairing defenseman is ridiculous. The value of the trade is good, you can't blame people for wanting to keep one over the other. Likewise it's just fine if Jets fans would want to keep their offensive bottom pairing guy over our grinder fourth liner. You wag your finger at people too much on these boards in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by oilers92

why give up a good pk'er for yet another bottom pairing d especially when the pk started to click for the 1st time in a long time? move a 3rd pairing d-men and a pick for a slightly better 3rd pairing d-men or just sign one of the numerous ones there are in fa each yr

I'm pretty sure you can attribute the PK's success more so to the additions of Bélanger and Smyth. Petrell wasn't even in the lineup often enough to make a big impact.
Maybe it's just me but the presence of Petrell in the Oilers' lineup isn't going to make or break the team as much as depth on a somewhat injury-prone blueline is going to. Teubert and Potter aren't even 3rd pairing D-men at this point, they belong in the AHL.

I'm pretty sure you can attribute the PK's success more so to the additions of Bélanger and Smyth. Petrell wasn't even in the lineup often enough to make a big impact.
Maybe it's just me but the presence of Petrell in the Oilers' lineup isn't going to make or break the team as much as depth on a somewhat injury-prone blueline is going to. Teubert and Potter aren't even 3rd pairing D-men at this point, they belong in the AHL.

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you that Teubert and Potter are horrible options, but unless you want meatheads like Eager killing penalties, you keep Petrell. Like it or not we have limited options.